Born into a musical family in Albania, Rudens Turku escaped to Germany at the age of 14 carrying only a violin. Now 26, he has enjoyed a rapid rise to international distinction since his graduation from the Munich Academy. The Avie label's commitment to young artists continues with this terrific debut album, on which Turku is accompanied by the fine young Russian pianist Milana Chernyavska. Here are three mainstream pieces from the core European repertoire - Schumann's first violin sonata, Brahms's second, and the Franck - played with all the virtuoso technique yet passionate understanding you would expect of a mature master.

Hummel FantasiesMadoka Inui (piano)(Naxos 8557836)£5.99

Do I detect a revival in the fortunes of Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), pupil of Mozart and my candidate for the most unfairly underrated of composers? With more to come next month from another label, Naxos follows its violin concerto and cello sonata with this sparkling collection of fantasies and bagatelles, adding gems such as the Recollections of Paganini and the Fantasina on Non più Andrai to the world premiere recording of his Fantasie in G Minor, Op 123.

Hummel's homage to his master is touchingly blended with his own profound feel for the piano, thanks to the flair and intensity of the award-winning Madoka Inui.

All but 70 of the 1000 or more works of the Baroque composer Philip Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714) were destroyed in a fire at the Rudolstadt court library in 1735. Of his 120 instrumental pieces, only six suites, one march and these six sonatas survive to bear witness to what we must be missing. They are handled with care by the violinist Rodolfo Richter, and are of particular interest for the composer's use of scordatura, or deliberate mistuning of the instrument, which yields some striking results.